SCHENECTADY
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Past Presidents C. J. Kettler (1932) C. J. Norton (1933) E. W. Kester (1933, 1934) R. N. Bushman (1936, 1937) M. M. Marack (1938, 1939) A. G. Stimson (1940) H. H. Bixler (1941) R. N. Bushman (1942, 1943) L. A. Murray (1944) B. W. Cruger (1945, 1946) R. F. Berning (1947) B. E. Stiles (1948) C. Q. Lemmond (1949) H. M. Webber (1950) R. Tallmadge (1951) L. B. Barker (1952) A. Kiess (1953) H. Sollman (1954) H. Rudoff (1955) J. G. McMullin (1956) K. Stevens (1957) A. J. Casper (1958) W. L. Roth (1959) G. W. Hockady (1960) E. W. Thorpe (1961) M. A. Salato (1962) L. King (1964) E. M. Stevens, Jr. (1965) L. Dejnozka (1966) F. P. Brightman (1967) D. G. Dominy (1968) L. J. Sandmann (1969) W. Haas (1970) R. Randall (1971) M. Tiller (1972) F. D. Martzloff (1973) E. Brown (1974) E. J. Niedhammer, Jr. (1976) R. McDowell (1977) T. Zuk (1978) C. W. Craver (1979) L. Dejnozka (1980) L. Kipp (1981) R. E. Herrick, Jr. (1982) K. A. Deitcher (1983) D. Nadas (1984) L. J. Powell (1985) D. F. Hutchinson (1986) N. Argyros (1987) J. M. Undrill (1988) R. D. Wiley (1989) I. Sander (1990) M. Sullivan (1991) C. McKinney (1992) K. Voss (1993) J. Dubson (1994) T. Knight (1995) R. Rosenthal (1996) J. Keefe (1997, 1998) S. White (1999) B. Knight (2000) T. Mack (2001) L. Buckman (2002) L. Heim (2003) N. Sukumar (2004) Linda Wroble (2005) Bob Gough (2006)

Recipients of the Betty Barker Award The Betty Barker Award was established in 1974, in memory of Elizabeth (Betty) Barker, a fellow photographer, active organizer and long-time SPS member, as a special award for artistic achievement in photo essay competition. It was subsequently changed to an award for outstanding service to the SPS. R. K. MacCrone, Russ McDowell (1974) Lillian Flynt, R. K. MacCrone (1975) Lillian Flynt, R. K. MacCrone (1976) P. E. McElligott, Edith Raviola (1977) Nick Argyros, Ken Deitcher, P. E. McElligott (1978) R. Anderson, Lillian Flynt, P. E. McElligott (1979) Nick Argyros, Ken Deitcher (1980) Roy Hershey (1981) H. Forget, Jackie Tidd (1982) Stephanie Carhart, Ken Deitcher (1983) Frank Flynt, Kay Stevens (1984) Ken Amsler, Max Tiller (1985) Lillian Flynt, Frank Flynt (1986) Ken Deitcher, Edith Raviola (1987) Jacob Amsler, Donald Krauter (1988) Frank Flynt, Louie Powell (1989) Nick Argyros, Dot Lynch (1990) Nick Argyros, Ken Deitcher (1991) Ken Deitcher, Ruby Gold (1992) Dot Lynch, Ted Zuk (1993) Tom Mack, Susan Rosenthal (1994) Barb (Green) Knight (1995) Tom Mack, Chuck McKinney (1996) Tom Knight, Donald Krauter (1999) Frank Bumbardatore, Pat Murphy (2000) Judy Breslau, John Ogden (2001) Barb Knight, Linda Buckman (2002) Tom Mack, Frank Bumbardatore (2003) Debra Van Deusen, Jim Craner (2004) N. Sukumar, Jeff Perkins (2005) Bob Gough, Kevin Sarsfield (2006) Linda Buckman, Ruby Gold (2007) Recent Speakers and Programs 2007 - 2008 2006 - 2007 2004 - 2005 2003 - 2004 2002 - 2003 2001 - 2002 2000 - 2001 Newsletter Awards Photographic Society of America (PSA) awards won by the FOCUS in the Large Club category: 2007 Honorable Mention 2006 Third place 2005 First place + Best of Entries among small clubs, large clubs and councils 2004 Honorable Mention + Best Layout/Design 2003 Second place 2002 Chairman's Choice Award 2001 Honorable Mention + Fifth place for front page design + Second place for best use of photography 1999 Honorable Mention 1998 Fourth place 1997 Third place 1996 Honorable Mention 1995 Honorable Mention 1994 Fifth place

Recent Judges Al & Cathy Clapper (Oct.1999 print) Stan Blanchard (Oct.1999 slide) Leif Zurmuhlen (Nov.1999 print) Gene Bigaouette (Nov.1999 slide) Tom Santelli (Dec.1999 print) Karen & Fred Rosasco (Dec.1999 slide) Max Tiller (Jan.2000 print) John Eoff (Jan.2000 slide) Dana Parker (Feb.2000 print) Dave Oxford (Feb.2000 slide) Stephanie White (Mar.2000 print & slide) Denis Nally (Apr.2000 print) Stan Blanchard (Apr.2000 slide) John Eoff, Luanne Ferris, Dana Parker (2000 print of year) Dave Kraus, Cliff Oliver, Tom Vincent (2000 slide of year) Steve Honicki (Oct.2001 print) Tom Knight (Oct.2001 slide) Joan Oliver (Nov.2001 print) Colleen Skiff (Nov.2001 slide) Cliff Oliver (Dec.2001 print) El-Wise Noisette (Dec.2001 slide) Jeff Plant (Jan.2002 print) Tom Killups (Jan.2002 slide) Joe Ianello (Feb.2002 print) Gary Hollinger (Feb.2002 slide) Luanne Ferris (Mar.2002 print) Max Tiller (Mar.2002 slide) John Musco (Apr.2002 print) Bruce & Wanda Curtis (Apr.2002 slide) Greg Yankosky, Steve Ross, Colleen Izzo (2002 print of year) Dave Oxford, Joe Pryzbelo (2002 slide of year) John Eoff (Oct.2002 print) Tom Bassette (Oct.2002 slide) Al & Cathy Clapper (Nov.2002 print) Gene Bigaouette (Nov.2002 slide) David Brickman (Dec.2002 print) Dave Fieden (Jan.2003 print) Steve Fink (Jan.2003 slide) Stan Blanchard (Feb.2003 print) Phil Haggerty (Feb.2003 slide) Tom Vincent (Mar.2003 print) Dennis Nally (Mar.2003 slide) Stephen Ross (Apr.2003 print) Greg Yankosky (Apr.2003 slide) Colleen Izzo, Mike Henberger, Stan Blanchard, Gary Hollinger (2003 print of year) Dave Fieden, Phil Haggerty, Stephanie White (2003 slide of year) Pamela Kearsing (Oct.2003 print) Gail Loveland, Susan Larkins (Oct.2003 slide) Gene Bigaouette (Nov.2003 print) Sandy Noyes (Nov.2003 slide) David Kraul (Dec.2003 print) Curt Miller (Jan.2004 print) Tom Knight (Jan.2004 slide) Gary Hollinger (Feb.2004 print) Joe Schuyler (Feb.2004 slide) Stephanie White (Mar.2004 print & slide) John Musco (Apr.2004 print) Don Elliot (Apr.2004 slide) Paul DeSarbo, Joann Hoose, Fay Arnold (2004 print of year) Greg Yankosky, Tom Lindsay, Stephanie Walker (2004 slide of year) Tom Bessette (Oct.2004 print) Jeff Perkins, Frank Bumbadatore (Oct.2004 slide) Joe Malone (Nov.2004 print) Frank Bumbadatore (Nov.2004 slide) Dave Lloyd, Mark Sweeney (Dec.2005 print) El-Wise Noisette (Dec.2005 slide) Phil Haggerty (Jan.2005 print) Gary Gold (Jan.2005 slide) Leif Zurmuhlen (Feb.2005 print) Tom Killips (Feb.2005 slide) Mike Hemberger (Mar.2005 print) Mike Noonan (Mar.2005 slide) Stan Blanchard (Oct.2005 print) Chris Gould (Oct.2005 slide) Phil Haggerty (Nov.2005 print) Tom Stock (Nov. slide) Gary Hollinger, Stephanie White, Tom Knight (Dec.2005 print) Sandy Noyes (Dec.2005 slide) Joanne Hoose (Jan.2006 print) Bob Gullie (Jan.2006 slide) Steven Ross (Jan.2006 Grab Bag) Tom Rocco (Feb.2006 print) John Musco (Feb.2006 slide) Tom Santelli (Mar.2006 print) Al and Cathy Clapper (Mar.2006 slide) Jim Craner (Apr. 2006 print) Stan Johnson (Apr. 2006 slide) Dave Lloyd, Greg Yankowsky (2006 photoessay of year) Joleen Roe, David Brickman (2006 print of year) Mark McCarty, Linda Morrell (2006 slide of year) Leif Zurmuhlen (Oct. 2006 print) Stan Blanchard (Oct. 2006 slide) Tom Bessette (Nov. 2006 print) Jim Craner (Nov. 2006 slide) Chris Shields (Dec. 2006 print) Mike Hemberger (Dec. 2006 slide) Stephanie White (Jan. 2007 print) Joe Malone (Jan. 2007 slide) Peg Foley (Feb. 2007 print) Steven Ross (Mar. 2007 print) Mike Noonan (Mar. 2007 slide) Paul Kant (Apr. 2007 print) Joe Putrock (Apr. 2007 slide) Joe Schuyler (2007 Grab Bag) Trish Hennessey (2007 Photo Essay) Stan Johnson, John Musco, Tom Santelli (2007 print of year) Janet Riker (Oct. 2007 print) Luanne Ferris (Oct. 2007 slide) Chris Jordan (Nov. 2007 print) Chris Gould (Nov. 2007 slide) Dietrick Gehring (Dec. 2007 slide) Sandy Noyes (Jan. 2008 print) Tom Stock (Jan. 2008 slide) Robert O'Neil (Feb. 2008 print) Mark McCarty (Mar. 2008 print) Stephanie White (Mar. 2008 slide) Sarah Salamone (Apr. 2008 print) Phil Haggerty (Apr. 2008 slide) Jennifer Grainer (2008 Grab Bag) Stan Blanchard, Dave Krause (2008 photoessay of year) Frank Bumbardatore, Leia Shick (2008 print of year) Tom Chesnut, Robert Gullie (2008 slide of year) Marie Triller, Curt Miller, Joe Schuyler (2008 print of year)